Top Democrats Rule Out Replacing Biden Amid Calls for Him to Quit 2024 Race

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1. I cannot wait for this news cycle to change. It seems like so many outlets are okay with handing the presidency to Trump for the sake of clicks and drama.

2. 2016 all over again. These people cannot read the room.

3. I too enjoy ignoring reality

4. If the best they can do is to continue to chant “what about Trump” then we’re truly fucked.

   Yes, we know Trump is bad. That’s why we need somebody competent to stand up to him.

5. Of course they aren’t going to jump into the race until Biden drops out. We all know how this works 

6. These people would rather lose on established rules of decorum than win by navigating uncharted territory.

7. Everybody saw that damn debate.

8. Like I was saying in another post, I would expect unity from the dems in lining up to support Biden, at least until he makes his final decision. And if Biden decides to go, all of them will similarly do a 180 and line up in support of him dropping out, saying it was the best thing he could do for the country given what’s at stake, saying it was a magnanimous and selfless act of humility, etc. etc. Take these democratic politicians’ statements with a grain of salt, there are obviously some serious discussions going on about this behind closed doors, as there should be.

   Edit: If there’s anything I can add to a high(er) visibility post it’s this: the responses to me make it clear that this is a very divisive subject. Please be kind to one another. We’re all offering up our best, good faith thoughts on what the next best move is, and this is no doubt a tricky situation. But we’re all on the same team and working toward the same goal of keeping Trump out of office. Please remember that. **AND VOTE**.

9. Wait until the next debate. He’s going to perform the same or worse. Being so close to the election it’s going to cost us not only the presidency but also down ticket candidates. Imagine what it will be like with a Republican house senate and presidency. He needs replaced now so there is time to get another Democratic candidate established.

10. A lot of you didn’t watch the actual debate and it shows.

11. Lol fuck the media trying to get Trump elected. They won’t like it when they too get dragged off to camps.

12. Without a democratic primary, I do not trust the DNC to pick (for a third time!) who they want to go up against Donald Von Shitzinpants. 

    If Biden decides to drop out, it’s going to get *messy*. 

13. If you wanted him out you should gave primaried him

14. Democrats are going to live to regret being this spineless by not demanding Biden announce he is no longer running in 2024.

    Or more likely they will just say it is the voters fault for not turning out for Biden.

15. He did a bad job during the debate. Cool. It is known. He isn’t dropping out and still has by far the most sound policies of anyone still in the race.

    Now that we have that out of the way, on the other side, we have his main opponent who showed that he is an IMMEDIATE danger to this country and the planet. This is no exaggeration.

16. You cannot simply replace Biden. Biden would have to withdraw himself from the election. He already won the primary.

17. Ugh

18. It’s Biden’s decision ultimately and would look terrible if they said anything differently. No doubt he is under pressure to withdraw though.

19. These “calls” are coming from corporate tabloid media, GQP whores, and their proxies. But it keeps getting reported because the American tabloid media is all “outrage porn” all the time now.

20. What a fucking stupid idea. Shit like this is why liberals keep losing. Play to win not to some idealistic bullshit.

21. Here’s how it would go.

    Democrats would need to fight the press on pulling out biden while reassuring everyone he’s still capable of being president. On top of pushing some mystery new candidate that the public wouldn’t have a say in.

    All the while, the right would be handed an arsenal and a wide open shot in attacking biden, Democrats and spreading bs about this new candidate.

    This talking point smells like a plot to divide the left

22. It’s a little late for that.

23. Giving up the incumbent advantage is exactly what Trump needs to eke out another win.

24. I really wish the national conversation was about the absolute dumpster fire of lies Trump was spilling on stage. Post birth abortions? Putin invasion dream? Nancy Pelosi on Jan. 6? Best environmental numbers? Black jobs? Minnesota national guard? So much to put on the front page but here we are again, demanding absolute perfection from one side and give a pass to the stupidity on the other. It’s so much easier to sound confident when you’re lying and no one is holding you accountable.

    I’m not defending Biden’s lackluster debate performance but he actually was debating points. Things that in a normal world we could have reasonable discussions about. Trump was just vomiting lies into the air and somehow we have again given him a pass.

25. This is all bordering on hysteria at this point. Biden is our guy unless he drops dead.

26. Biden shouldn’t be running anymore that’s for sure. But at the end of the day you have to vote for him if he’s on ticket. It’s that or America is over. Trump was literally conferencing with the Russians over the weekend. He’s a fascist traitor.

27. Both parties are in too deep now for any candidate to back out now. The talk for the past 4 years has been Biden and trump. Nobody from either party has gotten more support to run for president. You’d be stupid to start throwing support for someone new now unless the whole party in unison throws support for that person. It’s either all or none if you want to win.

28. It’s too late to replace.

    We all wanted someone else except Biden to run for Dem but he stuck around.

29. Okay so trump will be president again got it. I thought dems said this was the end of democracy which sounds important.